Knowledge and Understanding of the World
This area covers :
- Observing
- Asking questions
- Hypothesising
- Testing
- Analysing
- Communicating
- Predicting
- Designing
- Investigating
- Movement
- Forces
- Energy
- Ourselves
- Properties of materials
- Living things……..
By the end of the foundation stage, most children will be able to:
investigate objects and materials by using all of their senses as appropriate;
find out about, and identify some features of, living things, objects, and events they observe;
look closely at similarities, differences, patterns and change;
ask questions about why things happen and how things work;
build and construct with a wide range of objects, selecting appropriate resources, and adapting their work where
necessary;
select the tools and techniques they need to shape, assemble, and join the materials they are using;
find out about and identify the uses of everyday technology, and use information and communications
technology and programmable toys to support their learning;
find out about past and present events in their own lives, and in those of their families and other people they
know;
observe, find out about, and identify features in the place they live and the natural world;
begin to know about their own cultures and beliefs and those of other people;
find out about their environment, and talk about those features they like and dislike.